Month: May 2021

Try Challenge – Week Four and reflections

Its been another massive week in the world of Tracy, Johnny and I. The try-challenges, are worth it for smiles like these. We are not brilliant but smashing our own personal barriers! The pogo achievement by Tracy this week made my heart sing for her! Enjoy! Join us in the Try Challenges! Send your story…
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Walk this May! Rugby Style!

The absolutely brilliant Annie and the walking rugby team from Manchester Rugby Club give us the lowdown on Walking Rugby! If you want to give it a go – Find your way to play at the Sport Parkinson’s Try-Athlon by getting your tickets Find out more about walking Rugby here! Really looking forward to seeing…
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Week Three of the Try-Challenge

This week has seen Tracy take on Football tricks and Claire Circus Skills. The Focused Friends have the full story here Tracy was once again the most organised of both of us and had a wail of a time with her sons, learning some pretty fab tricks! Claire again struggled with her symptoms, and the…
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We are Walking this way in Watford!

Team Sport Parkinson’s sent roving reporter Garen to try out walking football at event open to PD people of all ages and genders organised by Fighting Fit Football, being coached by Stuart Langworthy the England team manager Over 60s Walking Football, and Assistant England over 40s women’s Walking Football. Claire Spoke to Stuart before the…
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The Try-Challenge – Week 2

Tracy and Claire have committed to try something new every week leading up to The Sport Parkinson’s Summer Try-Athlon. In the first week, Tracy flew round her room in rollerblades and Claire’s golf was saved by silliness – catch up with that in full here – Week Two – READ ALL ABOUT IT Hoverboards –…
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Tracy and Claire’s Try-Challenge

Week one in and not everything is going according to plan… Check out Tracy’s Blog on Focused Friends… TikTok fun…. And Radio Parkies Conversations… Next week… Tracy is on Hoverboards and Claire learns how to fall with the help of rollerskates! Want to join in..? Tweet, message or email your weekly Try challenge to us…
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Knowing us Sport Parkinson’s, knowing them Glasgow Park – Aha?

Get to know Glasgow Park – who will be playing their debut gig at the Sport Parkinson’s Summer Try-Athlon… To find out more about the team here at Sport Parkinson’s click here If you want to see these guys play, listen to other bands – meet like minded people with PD – try exercise, creative…
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Walk this May…

Walking is great to keep active and get out into nature, it has been a lifeline during the past year, helping many of us stay connected. There are plenty of ways to #WalkThisMay Walking Rugby Our Sport Parkinson’s Try-athlon hosts Worcester Warriors,have teamed up with Bromsgrove RFC and Bromsgrove District Council to run walking rugby…
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What is Walking Football?

If I was to say to you that something that involved Walking was the fastest growing sport in the U.K, would you be interested? But it’s true Walking Football is the fastest growing sport in the U.K, latest figures showing that there are an estimated 60,000 players regularly playing for more than 1,200 volunteer run…
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Great Support from Focused Friends

Tracy White has written a lovely piece on this link and also a TikTok! Tracy and I will be out trying new things evert week throughout the lead up to The Sport Parkinson’s Summer Try-Athlon! Will be talking about them on Workout Wednedays on www.radioparkies.com You can read more from Tracy White on www.focusedfriends.com Claire